User's Manual

154 Using the CMC Web Interface
the fifth parameter of the command. It must be set to a 6-byte address that is unique
on your management network.Refer to the documentation for your IPMI utility (for
example, ipmitool or ipmish) for help executing the command.
Follow these steps to update the iDRAC firmware.
1
Download the latest iDRAC firmware to your management computer from
support.dell.com .
2 Log in to the Web interface (see "Accessing the CMC Web Interface" on
page 87).
3 Click Chassis in the system tree.
4 Click the Update tab. The Updatable Components page appears.
5 Select the iDRAC or iDRACs of the same model to update by selecting the
Update Targets check box those devices.
6 Click the Apply iDRAC Update button below the iDRAC component list.
7 Click Browse , browse to the iDRAC firmware image you downloaded, and
click
Open .
NOTE: The default iDRAC firmware image name is firmimg.imc.
8 Click Begin Firmware Update . Additional items to note:
• Do not use the
Refresh button or navigate to another page during the
file transfer.
• To cancel the process, click
Cancel File Transfer and Update - this
option is available only during file transfer.
• Update status displays in the
Update State field; this field is
automatically updated during the file transfer process.
NOTE: It can take up to ten minutes to update the iDRAC firmware.
NOTE: Firmware updates can only be canceled using the GUI; the command line
interface can not cancel a firmware update initiated by the GUI.
After the firmware image file has been uploaded to the CMC, the iDRAC will
update itself with the image.